diff --git a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
index 1b81d2ada7..2b01e2c0fe 100644
--- a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ parameters:
                  Note, these options are in addition to the default Java
                  options set by the karaf/ODL boot scripts and IP version
                  based flag set by 'opendaylight' class.
+  OpenDaylightInactivityProbe:
+    description: Time in millseconds before an inactivity probe is sent via
+                 OVSDB to OVS
+    type: number
+    default: 180000
 
 conditions:
 
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ outputs:
             opendaylight::log_mechanism: {get_param: OpenDaylightLogMechanism}
             opendaylight::inherit_dscp_marking: {get_param: OpenDaylightInheritDSCPMarking}
             opendaylight::java_opts: {get_param: OpenDaylightJavaOpts}
+            opendaylight::inactivity_probe: {get_param: OpenDaylightInactivityProbe}
           -
             if:
               - internal_tls_enabled
diff --git a/puppet/services/releasenotes/notes/add-opendaylight-inactivity-probe-config-a89f6dcd204192a8.yaml b/puppet/services/releasenotes/notes/add-opendaylight-inactivity-probe-config-a89f6dcd204192a8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc3b702fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puppet/services/releasenotes/notes/add-opendaylight-inactivity-probe-config-a89f6dcd204192a8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    OpenDaylight inactivity probe for setting the OVSDB timeout now defaults
+    to 180s. This helps fix scale issues for large number of computes nodes
+    in OpenDaylight deployments.